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E36 (1991 - 1999) The E36 chassis 3-Series BMW was a huge hit among driving enthusiasts from the first moment the car hit the pavement. The E36 won numerous awards over the years it was produced and is still a favorite of many BMW enthusiasts to this day! -- View the E36 Wiki

OK, so i have a 92 BMW 318is E36 M42. It has 191xxx miles on it and it having some problems with not wanting to idle. So far since ive bought it i have replaced the plugs, changed the order of the wires due to them being wrong when i bought it, i chagned it to 3241 order. After that it started just fine and if i held the gas down alittle ran smooth. But when i let off the gas it would stall and die. Also if i tried to keep the RPM's up higher and try to drive it, as soon as the clutch engaged it would bogg the engine down and stall it out. I took off the MAF, TB, and intake yesterday to do some inspecting and found two hoses that need to be replaced. Im going to clean the TB and intake while i have it off. A couple of days ago i took off the ICV and cleaned it. when i took the intake off i noticed there was not a gasket where the intake and manifold meet. Should there be one there? Im also going to change the oil and filter today and put those new hoses on put everything back together. I guess i need to get a gasket for the TB since i took it off. But if there is anything i may have overlooked and might want to check while i have it apart would be great. Thanks

I forgot to mention that someone cut out the Catalytic converter with a saw. bout a 1 1/2 gap in the exhaust now.

Thanks, I tried to get the intake. Gasket today but they don't have it, so I got the kit that has different types of material to cut ur own gasket...ever use that before? Ill prolly use it for the tb gasket if I can't find one tomorrow. Hopefully this will fix it